A routine court appearance turned chaotic last week at the Chattooga County Courthouse when Jessica Trapp, 32, allegedly resisted arrest, leading to a physical altercation with law enforcement and minor injuries to a deputy.
According to a police report, the incident occurred on March 27th at approximately 9:14 AM. Chattooga County Deputies and a Probation Officer identified Trapp, who was present for a superior court probation revocation hearing, as having an outstanding probation warrant from Walker County.
The report states that officers approached Trapp and informed her of the warrant. Trapp allegedly became upset and refused to comply with commands to be handcuffed. When officers attempted to restrain her, she reportedly pulled away, screamed, and grabbed onto a chair. “I advised her to stop and to provide me with her hands, that she was under arrest,” the Summerville Police Officer Matt Wilson stated in the official report.
“I went to put her in handcuffs again, and she slung her arms away from me and started screaming and grabbed hold of a chair.” Deputies Womack and Summerville Police wrestled with Trapp on the floor, eventually managing to handcuff her. While escorting her to the Chattooga County Jail, Trapp continued to resist, reportedly using her weight to sit down and refusing to walk.
The report further indicates that Officer Matt Wilson sustained a small laceration to his right leg and a red mark with pain in their right pinky as a result of the struggle.
Jessica Trapp has been charged with two counts of obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers. She was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
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